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First Step to Stopping Youth Crime in Northland

Monday, 20 March 2017, 10:21 am | New Zealand First Party

The first step to cutting crime in Kaikohe, where youth have been on yet another rampage, is to boost the police strength, says New Zealand First Leader Northland MP and Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Minister for OIO Misled on Foreign Land Ownership

Sunday, 19 March 2017, 12:14 pm | New Zealand First Party

Minister for OIO Misled on Foreign Land Ownership Minister of Land Information Mark Mitchell has been seriously misled when he confirmed today that the Overseas Investment Office was aware of the level of foreign ownership in New Zealand. “The OIO has ... More >>

Law Loophole Made It Easy for Internet Pirate

Friday, 17 March 2017, 5:20 pm | New Zealand First Party

The deceit of a Filipino internet pirate who failed to own up to his illegal activities reveals more stringent vetting of immigrants is necessary, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Personal Details Must Remain Private

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party

An exemption today to protect the personal information of sexual violence victims is not enough, says New Zealand First. More >>

$1.5 Million Family Violence Contracts 'Mismanaged'

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 3:06 pm | New Zealand First Party

Doubts have been raised about $1.5 million of contracts let to inform Pacific people about family violence, says New Zealand First. More >>

New Zealand First Confirms Opposition to 1080

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 4:19 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has reconfirmed its commitment to ending the use of 1080 poison in New Zealand. New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland, Rt Hon Winston Peters, says New Zealand First is the only credible Party committed to ending 1080 use, and ... More >>

Labour Cannot Be Trusted on Defence

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 1:42 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is dumbfounded by Labour expecting that 50-year old air force planes will be able to fly on indefinitely in order to pay for its policies. More >>

Cakes and Sewage Just Don't Mix

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 1:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 15 MARCH 2017 CAKES AND SEWAGE JUST DON’T MIX More >>

BNZ’s Downsizing a Blow for Northland

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 12:53 pm | New Zealand First Party

The planned closure of the BNZ branch in Paihia and reduction in hours at Dargaville and Kaikohe branches is another example of a foreign corporate’s indifference to small town New Zealand, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament ... More >>

National’s Tourism ‘Peanuts’ Way Short of $1.4B Needed

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 12:50 pm | New Zealand First Party

Yet again National is throwing only peanuts to councils trying to pay for urgently needed infrastructure to cope with huge numbers of tourists, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Minister Telling Fibs Over Water Policy

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 3:51 pm | New Zealand First Party

Environment Minister Nick Smith told fibs about New Zealand First’s policy on water exports in Parliament today. More >>

Government Stalls Mānuka Standard (Again)

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 11:56 am | New Zealand First Party

National’s complete mishandling of the permanent mānuka honey standard could end up costing people their jobs, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

National Sell Off to Foreigners Hits a High

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party

Sales of land to foreign owners went through the roof last year under a National government that doesn’t give a hoot about our future, says New Zealand First. More >>

Fraudsters's Victims Deserve Justice

Friday, 10 March 2017, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

Three staff who worked at the Ministry of Transport who lost their jobs during a restructure need a public explanation. More >>

New Zealand First Renews Commonwealth Trade Deal Call

Friday, 10 March 2017, 4:18 pm | New Zealand First Party

Having already called for Closer Commonwealth Economic Relations in February 2016 , New Zealand First is calling for the government to get it done. More >>

Advert for Job Favouring Chinese Pulled

Friday, 10 March 2017, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party

The TradeMe advertisement requiring a fluent Chinese speaker in an Opotiki service station, highlighted in a New Zealand First press statement released earlier today , has been pulled down, says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon ... More >>

King Tuheitia Should Be Left Above Maori Party Politics

Friday, 10 March 2017, 4:09 pm | New Zealand First Party

It’s sad to see Maori King Tuheitia being manipulated to endorse a political candidate, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

National Bowing to Pressure From China Over Food Labels

Friday, 10 March 2017, 3:17 pm | New Zealand First Party

Pressure from China is preventing New Zealand from adopting “Country of Origin” labels on food, says New Zealand First Primary Industries Spokesperson Richard Prosser. More >>

Employer Trying to Sideline Kiwi Workers

Friday, 10 March 2017, 10:47 am | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 10 MARCH 2017 Employer Trying to Sideline Kiwi Workers More >>

"...keep the promises you’ve made before making new ones"

Friday, 10 March 2017, 10:14 am | New Zealand First Party

Jane Austen could have been speaking about New Zealand politics when in Pride & Prejudice she wrote of the two leading male characters, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham: "One has all the goodness and the other all the appearance of it". More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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